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War Comes to America (1945) -- Part VII of the "Why We Fight" series of wartime documentaries. This entry attempts to describe the factors leading up to America's entry into the Second World War.

"The Early Show" (1999): : -- On March 13, 1938 CBS News was born with the first radio broadcast of World News Roundup. The show introduced America to news legends such as Edward R. Murrow, reporting from London in the blitz.

War Comes to America (1945) -- archive.org - Entire film download (Quicktime)

"See It Now" (1951): : -- In History: Edward R. Murrow took CBS News viewers to Berlin during one episode of "See It Now."

Overview

Date of Birth:

25 April 1908, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA more

Date of Death:

27 April 1965, Pawling, New York, USA more

Mini Biography:

Pioneering radio and TV reporter who was the dominant figure in American... more

Trivia:

Perhaps the most-honored graduate of Washington State University. The... more

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Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 6 wins & 2 nominations more

NewsDesk:
(39 articles)

Could this have been the "crazy" thing Shepard Smith was talking about?
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Filmography

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			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	"CBS Reports" (1959)	producer (2 episodes, 1959-1960)	1960	-	-
	AKAs: CBS Reports with Ed Bradley (USA: new title) 2 TV episodes: Harvest of Shame (1960) (producer) Biography of a Missile (1959) (producer)
2.	Satchmo the Great (1957)	(co-producer)	1957	-	-

3.	One Plane, One Bomb (1953)	(producer)	1953	-	-

4.	"Person to Person" (1953)	producer (1 episode, 1953)	1953	-	8.8 (28)
	1 TV episode: Episode #1.1 (1953) (producer)
5.	"See It Now" (1951)	co-producer (unknown episodes)	1951	-	9.7 (20)

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	"CBS Reports" (1959)	(1 episode, 1960)	1960	-	-
	AKAs: CBS Reports with Ed Bradley (USA: new title) 1 TV episode: Harvest of Shame (1960) (written by)
2.	Satchmo the Great (1957)	(written by)	1957	-	-

3.	One Plane, One Bomb (1953)	(script)	1953	-	-

Miscellaneous Crew View by NEW				Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
	1.	Kojak: The Belarus File (1985) (TV)	(voice)	1985	-	6.6 (106)
		AKAs: The Belarus File

Actor View by NEW				Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
	1.	Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)	Prologue Narrator	1956	-	6.8 (6,659)
		AKAs: Michael Todd's Around the World in 80 Days (USA: complete title)

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	"Howard K. Smith" (1962)	Himself - Guest (5 episodes, 1962-1963)	1963	-	-
	5 TV episodes: Foreign Students View the United States (1963) Himself - Guest Three Giants of Journalism: Part 2 (1962) Himself - Guest Three Giants of Journalism: Part 1 (1962) Himself - Guest From Concord to the Congo: America's Continuing Revolution (1962) Himself - Guest The Strengths and Weaknesses of the US and Russia (1962) Himself - Guest
2.	"Eyewitness to History" (1960)	Himself - Guest (1 episode, 1962)	1962	-	-
	1 TV episode: The 318th Bomb (1962) Himself - Guest
3.	"Issues and Answers" (1960)	Himself-- Guest (1 episode, 1962)	1962	-	-
	1 TV episode: Episode dated 25 February 1962 (1962) Himself-- Guest
4.	"Meet the Press" (1947)	Himself - Guest (1 episode, 1961)	1961	-	7.5 (121)
	AKAs: Meet the Press with Tim Russert (USA: complete title) 1 TV episode: Episode dated 4 June 1961 (1961) Himself - Guest
5.	"CBS Reports" (1959)	Himself - Reporter (12 episodes, 1959-1961)	1961	-	-
	AKAs: CBS Reports with Ed Bradley (USA: new title) 12 TV episodes: Crossroads Africa: Pilot for a Peace Corps (1961) Himself - Reporter A Real Case of Murder: People vs. Peter Manceri (1961) Himself - Reporter Our Election Day Illusions: The Beat Majority (1961) Himself - Reporter The Great Holiday Massacre (1960) Himself - Reporter Rescue, with Yul Brynner (1960) Himself - Reporter 7 episodes not shown.
6.	The Challenge of Ideas (1961)	Himself - Narrator	1961	-	4.5 (12)

7.	Sink the Bismarck! (1960)	Himself	1960	-	7.3 (1,880)
	AKAs: Sink the Bismarck (Australia: DVD box title) (International: English title: alternative spelling)
8.	"Person to Person" (1953)	Himself - Host / Himself-Host (144 episodes, 1953-1959)	1959	-	8.8 (28)
	144 TV episodes: Episode #6.43 (1959) Himself - Host Episode #6.33 (1959) Himself - Host Episode #6.32 (1959) Himself - Host Episode #6.26 (1959) Himself - Host Episode #6.25 (1959) Himself - Host 139 episodes not shown.
9.	"Toast of the Town" (1948)	Himself (4 episodes, 1955-1958)	1958	-	8.4 (100)
	AKAs: The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title) 4 TV episodes: Episode #12.2 (1958) Himself Episode #10.15 (1956) Himself Episode #9.4 (1955) Himself Episode #8.21 (1955) Himself
10.	"See It Now" (1951)	Anchor / 5 characters not shown (88 episodes, 1951-1958)	1958	-	9.7 (20)
	88 TV episodes: Watch on the Ruhr (1958) Himself - Host/Anchor A Conversation with Prime Minister Macmillan (1958) Himself - Host/Anchor Atomic Timetable: Radiation and Fallout (1958) Himself - Host/Anchor Statehood for Alaska and Hawaii? (1958) Himself - Host/Anchor From Precinct to President: Some Reflections by Harry S. Truman (1958) Himself - Host/Anchor 83 episodes not shown.
11.	"Studio One" (1948)	Himself / Narrator (1 episode, 1957)	1957	-	8.5 (51)
	AKAs: Studio One Summer Theatre (USA: summer title) Studio One in Hollywood (USA: new title) Summer Theatre (USA: summer title) Westinghouse Studio One (USA: alternative title) Westinghouse Summer Theatre (USA: summer title) 1 TV episode: The Night America Trembled (1957) Himself/Narrator
12.	Satchmo the Great (1957)	Himself - Reporter	1957	-	-

13.	"Producers' Showcase" (1954)	Himself (1 episode, 1954)	1954	-	8.5 (20)
	1 TV episode: Dateline (1954) Himself
14.	One Plane, One Bomb (1953)	Himself - Narrator	1953	-	-

15.	The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (1953) (TV)	Himself	1953	-	7.4 (8)

16.	"What's My Line?" (1950)	Mystery Guest (1 episode, 1952)	1952	-	8.9 (268)
	1 TV episode: Episode dated 7 December 1952 (1952) Mystery Guest
17.	Survival Under Atomic Attack (1951)	(voice) Narrator	1951	-	5.2 (31)

18.	Is Everybody Listening? (1947)	Himself	1947	-	-
	AKAs: March of Time Volume 14, No. 1: Is Everybody Listening? (USA: series title)
19.	The Eighty Days (1944)	Himself - Commentary	1944	-	-

20.	Dover (1942)		1942	-	-
	AKAs: Dover Front Line
21.	The Heart of Britain (1941)	Himself - Commentary	1941	-	6.6 (11)


1.	Huxley on Huxley (2009)	Himself

2.	"American Masters"
	2 TV episodes: Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About (2009) Himself Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter (1988) Himself
3.	Brando (2007) (TV)	Himself

4.	"The American Experience"
	1 TV episode: Fidel Castro (2005) Himself
5.	Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis (2001) (V)	Himself

6.	"Jazz" (2001)	(uncredited) Himself (interviews Duke Ellington)

7.	"The Century: America's Time" (1999)	Himself ("Civilians at War, 1941-1945")

8.	Jonas Salk: Personally Speaking (1999)	(uncredited) Himself (interviews Jonas Salk)

9.	"Murphy Brown"
	1 TV episode: Never Can Say Goodbye: Part 1 (1998) (uncredited) Himself
10.	We Were There: CBS News at 50 (1998) (TV)	Himself

11.	"Cronkite Remembers" (1997)	(uncredited) Himself (signing off his television program)

12.	Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994) (TV)	Himself

13.	Edward R. Murrow: The Best of 'Person to Person' (1993) (V)	Himself

14.	"This Reporter" (1990)	Himself

15.	The Nazis: Blitzkrieg (1989) (V)	Himself

16.	Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1987)	Himself - Television Interview Host

17.	Time After Time (1979)	(voice) (uncredited) Himself

18.	"60 Minutes"
	1 TV episode: Episode dated 27 April 1975 (1975) Himself
19.	The Movie Orgy (1968)	(uncredited) Himself - in unidentified program

20.	"Toast of the Town"
	1 TV episode: Episode #11.39 (1958) Himself
21.	War Comes to America (1945)	Himself

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Magazine ad: the Pan-American Coffee Bureau (1953) more

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2 Biographical Movies | 4 Portrayals | 12 Print Biographies | 2 Articles | 2 Magazine Cover Photos more

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Documentary | News | Family | Comedy more

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